ulterno comments on Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

That's some unexpectedly positive news.
Did they start losing that many customers due to bad PR?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

no they just posted some documentation about their API. it's not FOSS.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

I see, so they did lose enough customers due to bad PR.
And then gave some docs and paid some news outlets to blow it up for FOSS-washing.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Agreed it is not FOSS though it is a step towards a better direction.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago

Honestly, I think this should be the legal minimum requirement for anyone phasing out cloud dependent hardware or even in case of bankruptcy.

It's good that we have this example, which can then be used to prove capabilities in legislative hearings.

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